Targets all over my area did a reset last night, to coincide with the SW figure sale, and they all had Retaliation toys out in actually decent quantities. Cobra Trooper and Zartan were all I found harder to find... Kind of disappointing really that they won't put more Wave 1 out just to tide people over for the Summer.

And some of the stuff is dismal... Hinged knees are just such a horrid step backwards. Duke looks like ****. Zartan's kind of cool and retro, if not half-assed. Cobra Trooper is cool, as is the Joe Trooper with the dip**** headsculpt.

I don't agree with that 100%. I have found that on some figures (Roadblock and Cobra Trooper) the single hinged knees allow for about the same range of motion as their double-hinged counterparts, and accomplishing kneeling positions is much easier. On the other hand the single hinged knees definitely do suck on Cobra Commander. That figure cant achieve a kneeling pose without looking totally ridiculous. So I guess the merits of the single hinged knees just depend on the particular sculpt.

Just curious, what are you guys seeing more of, the blue cape or tan cape GI Joe troopers? So far I've only seen one blue, everything else (maybe six or so) tan.

I've been seeing (and reading about) certain figures being restricted to certain stores. So far Target only seems to have black CC and tan Joe Trooper, while Wal-Mart seems to be the place to go for blue CCs and blue Joe Troopers. Based on online posts only TRU seems to be getting a mix of all variants. Since I have many Targets in my area, which all appeared to stock at least 2 cases each (as opposed to WMs with one case each) I have spotted a lot more tan Joe Troopers.

I went back to Target about 7:30 and nothing. I didn't expect to find anything but they were doing stock when I was there around 11:30.

When I stopped this morning there was a cart in the action figure aisle with a box of reshop stuff, I think, but when I first saw it I thought it might be there because they were setting new pegs. I rounded the corner at 7:30 and the cart was still there. Good job, Target...

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We regret that Hasbro has sent an e-mail this morning stating that Wave 2 & Wave 3 have in fact been cancelled until March 2013. The only Retaliation items we will see this year is the little Wave 1 product that are currently in stores now.

What to do?

1. If you would like to keep your order in place for Wave 2 with Kokomo Toys and still secure your items then you need to do nothing. You are locked in and good when they arrive next year.

2. However, if you would like to cancel your order and be refunded please e-mail us at ambersjordan@comcast.net with your order number and we will refund your money and cancel the order.

Please note, we will announce again and reoffer Wave 2 & Wave 3 early next year while supplies last. Until then, there will be no Gi-Joe items available from Hasbro for 2012.

Our newest sponsor, NerdRageToys.com, put out a notice on Twitter which we also put out (@JediDefender) that they were being allowed to place orders for Wave 2 and 3, however NerdRageToys was not willing to put up pre-orders till they were 100% sure they were going to get them.

Word from Hasbro specifically was that there IS a slim chance these will make it, but it's a VERY slim chance, and so Nerd Rage wasn't going to take any chances with letting customers pre-order till they're sure their order will be filled.